Appreciating little Changes

Last week, we said hello to our first volunteer since A Mama.  It was a wonderful visit.  Remy ran into her arms after a few free laps at the Farmers' Market.  He has wanted to be held or piggybacked by her since then.

During our visit get-to-know-you visit, our volunteer (Jo) asked how I got Remy to stop peeing freely and being naked all the time.  She, of course, was referring to a blog post I had up a few months ago.  You can see that posting here.  It was wonderful that she drew my attention to this change.  What a great question.  How did I stop him from peeing freely and being naked all the time?

I believe that the answer is that I could NOT stop him from doing anything that he wanted to.  However, I do feel that children need to do certain things like peeing every where au naturel for however long and however many times before it's enough for them.  All I remembered to do was to make little reaction when cleaning up and trying to dress him.

A few days later, I had a update phone call with our kind and helpful family support worker.  As she asked me questions relating to Remy's sensory integration, I realized that there were certain behaviours such as mouthing everything all the time that he seems to have decreased.  Concerns that I used to have a few months ago seemed to have faded away to the present concerns.

Let me take a moment to reflect, then.  Remy has improved with eye contact, attempting to use words, listening, waiting and interacting.  I'm not reporting this just from my own point of view.  Several people have mentioned this to me.  Since I see Remy every day, I don't have a stand-back large view of his improvements as others who see him less frequently.  Every time my mother-in-law sees him, she comments on his eye contact.  Not only is he looking longer into someone's eyes, he looking faster and with intention.

A few days ago at the local Health Food Store, one of the workers came up to Remy in her usual friendly way and said "Hi, Remy."  Immediately, he turned to her and said "Hi."  W|OW!  The worker (PJ) responded  with excitement, "Did you see that?"  I sure did, and really appreciated it.

Nice looking, buddy!

Enjoy your day!